has anyone tried tea tree oil in BS "shampoo"?

annabelle.27 · March 2010

My 9 year old sister has weird hair. She gets this thick oil, and lots of it, on her scalp. It's causing acne along her hairline. However, because the oil is so thick (I've never seen anything like it), it doesn't spread down her hair shaft and the rest of her hair is soooo dry. My mom has taken her to doctors and dermatologists but they haven't been able to fix it- they just treat the acne along her hairline.

Her hair is so dry it's breaking and it always matted, and her scalp often smells, even when washing it daily. All the anti-oil shampoos my mom has tried is making the ends of her hair worse. I'm a recent convert to BS and ACV and it's working great for me, so I washed my sister's hair with my regimen, and although the ACV did seem to condition her hair, I don't think the BS is enough to clean her scalp properly.

I was thinking of throwing some tea tree oil in the BS solution? Would that help, does anyone know?

APJP610 · March 2010

Its worth a try. The only time I used TTO in shampoo was when my stepdaughter had lice. I think the TTO worked because neither my DH nor I got lice and hers was gone in a few days. But, I did notice that it made my hair feel pretty dry.

CodyAnn · March 2010

I have had major scalp issues in the past - I had psoriasis and tea tree oil was the only thing that ever helped! I used Kiehl's TTO Shampoo, which is expensive but to me, worth it bc it works! I would def. try putting essential oil in shampoo. It seriously helped my scalp sooo much!

fizzybauberswed · March 2010

Ditto pp. I have psoriasis also and have mixed the tea tree oil with the ACV as a rinse. It definitely calmed down the inflamation on my scalp somewhat but I only did it a few times because the scent was too strong for me. It's definitely worth a try with your sister's hair. I hope it works for her.